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—' Dr. Gregory Grant, St.
. Paul's ‘Hospital, infectious
-‘ disease. specialist on the

death of teacher Ted Pelty.
Fer details see Page 4.

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By fan Nobie

News Reporter

‘ . Lo, 4 Flashing lights, a train’s whistle and
Talking Personals....32 ot: ai ; 3 = i ringing bells were notenough to prevent an

oo . ae _ ; ; 3 : g . Aug..19 accident at the 13th St. crossing
@ Tide Charts Benet 7 near Ambleside Park.

. ‘ foray West Vancouver District senior engi-
neer, Gordon MacKay said the crossing
hasn't been a safety concern in the past.

“It's something we ure looking into, but
it wasn’t something we were looking into
prior to the accident” MacKay said.”

“There may be some justification for
putting a gate there,” he added. .

‘Meanwhile, MacKay said he hasn't
heard of any plans to alter a bylaw that pro-
hibits freight’ trains from . blowing - their

7 | whistles while travelling . through’ West
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a oR eR EO se tintamcks ae The bylaw does not prevent the historic
WEST VANCOUVER is thinking about installing a safety gate at a rail crossing at 13th ‘
Street, the site of an accident between a train and car on Aug. 19. : _ See BCR page 3

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sore, | Work begins on—
rues mew RCMP base

A GROUND-BREAKING ceremony for the much antici-

pated $19.5 million North Vancouver RCMP building took
-place on Thursday. ;

~" On the news front: . By Auna Marie D'Angelo
~ School District 44-0. | News Reporter
“wrestles with budget..." : mo ;

: ae : The three-storey building is slated to cover six lots in the L00-block
of Fast i4th Street, across the lane of the present detachment headquar-
ters.

his police building is projected to house the police officers neces-
sary:for the city and district up and until the year 2010." said Supt. Gil
Yard, head of the North Vancouver detachment.

About 100 people came out to see North Vancouver City Mayor Ji
Loucks and North’ Vancouver District Mayor Murry Dykeman trike
gold-colored shovels and tur over a patch of ground in the parking tot -
of the police station. oo Soe ; ‘ ; " * rr Y ;

The crowd included Crown counsel kiwyers from the North Shore, °° NORTH VANCOUVER mayors Murray Dykeman, (left) of the dis-
RCMP patrol and senior officers and councif members from both munic-| ~~ trict, and Jack Loucks, of the city, raise their shovels to mark the
OR gy a : ; --., See Completion page 3° beginning of construction of a new RCMP building.

NEWS photo Torry Peters: